Amanda: It's almost 6:00. It's time for us to leave. Unless you decided against
it.

Sam: Against what?

Amanda: Dinner with my parents. You don't want to go, do you?

Mary: Jason?

Jason: What?

Mary: What are you doing?

Jason: Reginald's man usually hangs out around that corner over there.

Mary: You mean he's watching us?

Jason: Especially tonight.

Mary: Why?

Jason: Because we don't have a key to Elizabeth's box yet because we got to wait
till tomorrow morning to get a court order.

Mary: So?

Jason: I'm sure Reginald will get wind of that.

Mary: And if he does?

Jason: He might try to take us out before we can nail him.

Andre: That'll be fine. Thank you. It's all set.

Reginald: Judge Casner, Reginald Love here. I'm so glad we could finally have
this chat. I've been reading your campaign statements in the newspapers. Very
insightful. Yes, I was wondering if you could use a substantial contribution.
Wonderful. I have only a slight favor to ask in return. I need a certain court
order, and I need it tonight.

Nicole: Oh, Sophie, it's gorgeous.

Sophie: What can I say -- I work it from the design of a brilliant woman. It is
perfect for your evening with Monsieur Winthrop.

Nicole: Oh, I hope he likes it.

Sophie: Oh, if he is half the man I think he is, it will not be the dress he is
eyeing tonight.

Nicole: Oh, Sophie.

[Door closes]

Sophie: I disappear.

Nicole: He's home.

Sophie: We will be upstairs when you want us.

Nicole: Ok.

Cass: Hey, Sophie. That was fast.

Nicole: Well, she has a lot to do. So, how are you?

Cass: I'm kind of beat, actually. I just finished the meeting, the publicity
meeting for the fashion show.

Nicole: Oh. Was Felicia there?

Cass: No. She's having a tough time of it.

Nicole: Because of Wally?

Cass: So I did it alone.

Nicole: Well, did you get everything together?

Cass: Yeah, I took care of it all this afternoon.

Nicole: Oh, then maybe you want to take a bath and go to bed early tonight.

Cass: Are you kidding? We have a heavy date, remember?

Nicole: Actually, I was kidding, and I had given it some thought.

Cass: Oh, yeah?

Nicole: Mm-hmm.

Cass: I made the reservations at Avril manor.

Nicole: Oh, that's great. That sounds really nice. I can't --

Michael: Cass?

Cass: Hey, Michael.

Michael: Nicole.

Nicole: Michael, what are you doing here?

Michael: I'm sorry to burst in like this. I just need a few moments of your
time.

Nicole: Why?

Michael: Well, I'd like to ask you some personal questions.

Nicole: Does this concern my mother?

Michael: Well, in part, yes, it does.

Nicole: Well, I'm sorry, Michael. I can't help you. No. No, that's not what I
meant. I won't help you.

Michael: Nicole --

Nicole: No, Michael. I know what this is all about. You think that my mother and
Jason Frame had an affair.

Cass: Would you like me to leave?

Nicole: No. No, Cass, it's ok.

Michael: Nicole, who told you that?

Nicole: Donna told me.

Michael: Donna did?

Nicole: Yeah, she was here earlier. And I'm telling you exactly what I told her.
The whole idea is just ridiculous.

Michael: Nicole --

Nicole: No, my mother was not the kind of person who had affairs with the help
or with anyone else.

Michael: Nicole, I'm not here to talk about your mother and Jason. I'm here
because of Reginald.

Nicole: What does this have to do with my mother, then?

Michael: You know I've wanted to put him away for a long time.

Cass: Who hasn't?

Michael: I think now I finally can.

Nicole: How?

Michael: I need to know some things about the time right before your mother
died.

Nicole: Michael, can you tell me why?

Michael: No, I can't. Not right now.

Cass: Come on, Michael.

Michael: No, really. Trust me, all right? But when this is all cleared up, then
I can fill you in on the whole story.

Nicole: You really think you can put my father in prison?

Michael: With the right information, I can put Reginald away tonight.

Nicole: Oh.

Cass: Nicole?

Nicole: Huh? No, I'm fine. It's just -- well, I always thought my father should
pay somehow. I mean, he was so cruel to my mother and to us kids. But the
thought of him actually -- actually being in prison --

Michael: Nicole, to me, he's an enemy. To you, he's your father.

Nicole: Yeah. Some dad.

Michael: I hope you can help me.

Nicole: What do you want to know?

Michael: Come here, sit down for a second, please. What I need you to do -- I
want you to think back to the time right before your mom died and just -- can
you remember them fighting at all?

Nicole: Yeah, they fought a lot.

Michael: Did they ever threaten each other?

Nicole: I don't know what you mean.

Michael: Well, specifically, did Elizabeth ever allude to any information she
might have that would put Reg away?

Nicole: I don't know what they fought about. It was all done the Love way --
behind closed doors.

Michael: Did she ever mention a key?

Nicole: No. Michael, I was only 14. Even the night of the fire is like a blur to
me.

Michael: Ok, ok. How about personal belongings? What happened to them, hers?

Nicole: My mom's personal belongings?

Michael: Yeah.

Nicole: Daddy had them removed. He gave them to charity. He did it the day after
she was buried. I remember him saying it was unseemly to have a suicide victim's
personal affects around the house.

Cass: A real charmer.

Nicole: Yeah. That's how he talked about her. He actually was acting like she
never existed. But I showed him.

Michael: You did? How?

Nicole: I loved mom so much. I used to go into her room. I'd take little things
of hers. I sound like a little thief, don't I?

Cass: She probably knew you were doing it.

Nicole: Yeah, I'm sure she did.

Michael: What kind of things?

Nicole: Well, things a kid would like. Nothing of much value. Some combs from
her hair, a compact. I was afraid my father would take away those things from me
too, after he removed everything else.

Michael: But he didn't. I mean, you -- you showed him, didn't you?

Nicole: I took the things I had and hid them. They're probably still there.

Reginald: Finis.

Andre: How much?

Reginald: You're to take $20,000 with you for Judge Casner's re-election
campaign. The price of justice is high.

Andre: He'll handle the injunction?

Reginald: Which means the contents of the safe-deposit box are mine.

Andre: I recommend we go to the bank as soon as possible. Hudson and Adam Cory
-- they'll find out about this.

Reginald: Yes, I don't want them to appeal the injunction decision.

Andre: Even if they do, the safety deposit box will be bare when they arrive.

Reginald: And once again, Hudson loses. This is starting to bore me.

Andre: Is there any other evidence that could link you to your wife's death?

Reginald: None.

Andre: What about your second wife? You said she was remembering things.

Nicole: Years. I used to play here when I was a kid, hide from everyone.

Michael: Nicole?

Nicole: Yeah?

Michael: Should we look for this? Do you think you might know where it is?

Nicole: Yeah. Um -- let's see.

Michael: You got it?

Nicole: Yeah. Here it is.

Michael: Great.

Nicole: I wonder what all I put in here.

Michael: So do I.

Nicole: I forgot about all this stuff.

Michael: What's there?

Nicole: Some earrings and -- I can't believe it. Look, I took a lipstick. And a
key holder.

Michael: Any keys?

Nicole: No, my mother got a new one, so I took that one. Silly, huh? Let's see.
Oh, here are the combs I was telling you about. And the compact. Oh, look.
Here's a picture of mother in her riding clothes.

Michael: Is there anything else --

Nicole: No, I think it's just a bunch of junk. Here, why don't you take a look.

Michael: Yeah.

Michael: It's not here. What I'm looking for is not here.

Nicole: Oh, I'm sorry.

Michael: No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for wasting your time and bringing you up
here.

Mary: That's why you had the doctor operate on me after the accident, right?

Reginald: To save your life.

Mary: So I wouldn't remember that night.

Reginald: Oh, my poor Mary.

Mary: And now that I do remember, what good does it do? Who's going to believe a
woman who didn't have a memory for that long? You robbed me of my entire past to
cover up your filthy secret!

Reginald: All right, fine. If that's what you believe --

Mary: And don't you dare tell me I don't remember because I do! You shot her!

Reginald: All right, Mary. If you need to know the truth so badly, let me give
you some truth. It's true I wanted you for myself. And it is true that I took
you away from your family. And it is true that I built a past for us based on
fantasy. But that's not all, Mary. There is more. There's one more truth that
you don't know about, and that is that I have never, ever for one moment stopped
loving you.

Mary: Well, that's all that matters, then, isn't it? Who you love or what you
want?

Reginald: Oh, Mary --

Mary: Somebody just asked me if I ever loved you. I found it very difficult to
answer that. But I don't have any trouble saying how I feel about you now. I
think you're a sick man, and I despise you!

Cass: Oh. How is she doing, Sophie?

Sophie: Almost ready. I think you will agree it is well worth the wait.

Cass: This is nuts, Sophie.

Sophie: What?

Cass: Well, my palms are sweaty and I've got knots in my shoulders and I feel
like I'm in high school on my first date.

Sophie: Oh. In France, they say, "when you are in love, it is always like the
first time."

Cass: Oh, you French.
L'amour. Toujours l'amour, huh?

Sophie: I have work to do. May your evening be whatever you want it to be.

Cass: Thank you, Sophie. May it.

Nicole: I'm ready. Cass, what is it?

Cass: You look more beautiful than I've ever seen you.

Nicole: Thank you. I told Sophie I wanted cleavage.

Cass: She gave it to you.

Nicole: Yeah.

Cass: She's worth all the money you made me pay her. Shall we go?

Nicole: Mm-hmm. Um -- I'm really looking forward to tonight.

Cass: Yeah, so am I.

Nicole: Thanks.

Nicole: Well, this is really starting off well.

Cass: Isn't it, though?

Nicole: Mm-hmm.

Cass: Yes.

Nicole: Shall we go?

Cass: Yes, let's.

Nicole: You look nice.

Cass: Thank you.

Mac: I still don't see why he had to go stomping out of here like that.

Ada: Because he was mad.

Mac: Because Amanda had the good manners to want to include his mother in the
wedding?

Ada: Well, we don't know what's going on between him and his mother.

Mac: Did you have any idea that there was a problem, Ada?

Ada: I don't know anything about his family.

Mac: Well, obviously, neither does Amanda.

Ada: Well, she must have thought that he'd be thrilled.

Mac: I don't think that's an unnatural assumption. What do you think, Rachel?

Rachel: What?

Mac: We were talking about Sam's mother. Weren't you shocked by his reaction?

Rachel: That's not the half of it.

Ada: Uh-oh.

Mac: What are you talking about?

Rachel: Me.

Mac: What did you do?

Rachel: I just made things even worse than they already are.

Mary: Have you heard from Michael?

Jason: No.

Mary: I just saw Reginald.

Jason: Where?

Mary: Upstairs. He's gone now.

Jason: What was he here for? What did he say?

Mary: I did most of the talking. And I hit him.

Jason: You what?

Mary: And I told him I knew he'd killed his wife.

Jason: Mary, are you out of your mind?

Mary: I couldn't help it. He just made me so angry.

Jason: You have just invited him to try to kill you.

Mary: That's the strange thing -- I didn't feel as though he cared at all what I
was doing.

Jason: No, I think that's nonsense.

Mary: No, no, wait. You have to listen to me. I know this man. I lived with him
for a long time. I have always known when he was planning something, and I
didn't get the feeling that he was planning anything at all that had anything to
do with me.

Jason: Mary, he knows that Michael and I have been talking to the cops. Now he
knows exactly why.

Mary: Maybe he does. He doesn't care.

Jason: Oh, yes, he does. Baloney. I'm going to call Michael --

Michael: Whoa, wait a minute. Hey.

Jason: What did you find out?

Michael: Nothing. Nicole didn't know anything about a key.

Jason: Guess what she just did.

Mary: My name is Mary.

Jason: She just told Reginald that she remembers he killed Elizabeth.

Michael: You did what?

Mary: It doesn't matter.

Michael: Do you know what he could do to you?

Jason: What are we going to do? We now have to sit here and wait till tomorrow
morning for a court order.

Michael: I don't believe this. Don't you get the feeling that we keep missing
something?

Jason: Why? What do you mean?

Michael: I don't know. I mean, Elizabeth went to great pains to get you this
watch, right?

Jason: Right.

Michael: And you know she wanted you to have the information that could put
Reginald away.

Jason: Yeah.

Michael: Why didn't she just give you the key?

Jason: I don't know, Michael. I --

Michael: Lisa. You know, I wanted to know more about the initials and the
numbers on this watch. I let Lisa hold it, Lisa held it, and all she got was a
picture of the watch. Those initials, the numbers -- they have to mean
something.

Mary: That's what Elizabeth said.

Michael: What? Elizabeth --

Mary: She said the clue is in the watch.

Michael: Elizabeth did give you the key.

Mary: Michael!

Jason: Elizabeth always was smarter than Reg. She knew he'd never figure it out.

Michael: You believe it? We had the key the whole time. I can't believe it.

Mary: Well, if we have the key, then we don't need the court order.

Jason: We don't have to wait till tomorrow morning.

Michael: That's right. We're going to get into that safe-deposit box tonight.

Mary: Oh, no, the bank is closed.

Michael: Doesn't matter. Adam and I will get that bank manager out of bed if we
have to. We're going to nail Reg!

Reginald: Well?

Andre: Judge Casner deserves to be re-elected. He's very efficient.

Reginald: Court order? Ah. Now, we can get into the safe-deposit box.

Andre: First thing in the morning?

Reginald: No, no, no, no. I've waited too long for this. We'll wake up the bank
manager if we have to. I want those things right now, tonight.

Rachel: So when I found out that Mrs. Fowler couldn't come to the wedding --
well, I just figured it was because she couldn't afford to.

Mac: Can she afford to now?

Rachel: Well --

Mac: Wonderful.

Rachel: So, as sort of a gift from the Cory family, I -- I just mailed her a
plane ticket.

Ada: Why did I know you were going to say that?

Rachel: I was just trying to help.

Mac: The way Amanda did?

Rachel: Yeah.

Ada: Sam didn't know his mother was invited to the wedding. Now he doesn't know
his mother has a plane ticket.

Rachel: Well, that's not so bad.

Mac: Not so bad? He goes storming out of here because Amanda wrote a simple note
to his mother. What do you think is going to happen when he finds out you gave
the woman transportation?

Rachel: Well, the wedding is two weeks away. I mean, Mrs. Fowler isn't going to
be here for two weeks. Maybe we can just get this problem solved before then.

Mac: Yeah. I can't wait.

Rachel: Where are you going?

Mac: I can't wait. You said to make things better between them. I'm going to
make things better between them.

Amanda: You haven't said one word since we left mom and dad's.

Sam: I can't believe this.

Amanda: Would you let me explain?

Sam: You've done plenty of that.

Amanda: No, I haven't. If you didn't want your mother here, why did you lie to
me?

Sam: I didn't lie to you.

Amanda: You led me to believe that she didn't even want to be here.

Sam: Because I didn't want to deal with this. You shouldn't have done this,
Amanda.